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earl_n of_o strafford_n and_o so_o declare_v by_o several_a law_n and_o be_v one_o of_o the_o charge_n of_o treason_n against_o the_o lord_n of_o canterbury_n ir_z be_v contrary_a to_o all_o divine_a and_o human_a law_n that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v condemn_v unheard_a or_o untried_a trial_n 5._o the_o prescribe_n of_o their_o fellow_n subject_n without_o trial_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n in_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la order_v that_o no_o man_n lose_v life_n or_o estate_n but_o per_fw-la judicium_fw-la parium_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la terrae_fw-la and_o the_o stat._n 2._o phil._n and_o ma._n that_o all_o trial_n for_o treason_n be_v by_o course_n of_o the_o law_n petition_n of_o right_n 3_o car._n it_o be_v a_o inherent_a flower_n of_o the_o crown_n k._n 6._o to_o grant_v pardon_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o k._n and_o by_o the_o common_a law_n mercy_n belong_v to_o he_o
as_o well_o as_o justice_n and_o be_v so_o express_o declare_v and_o annex_v unto_o the_o king_n by_o the_o stat._n of_o the_o 27_o h._n 8._o c._n 24._o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v annex_v unto_o it_o for_o the_o better_a part_n of_o one_o thousand_o year_n church_n 7._o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o land_n of_o bishop_n and_o cathedral_n church_n confirm_v by_o many_o charter_n from_o all_o our_o king_n have_v prescription_n of_o many_o hundred_o of_o year_n and_o be_v firm_o annex_v to_o the_o church_n as_o law_n charter_n or_o prescription_n can_v settle_v they_o now_o if_o these_o revenue_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o and_o dispose_v of_o without_o process_n of_o law_n without_o the_o king_n consent_n who_o be_v swear_v to_o uphold_v they_o and_o be_v founder_n of_o they_o all_o without_o the_o consent_n or_o forfeiture_n of_o the_o possessor_n what_o man_n can_v think_v he_o have_v a_o better_a title_n to_o any_o thing_n he_o hold_v or_o assure_v himself_o of_o 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their_o own_o price_n it_o be_v contrary_a to_o all_o law_n all_o reason_n and_o moral_a justice_n and_o to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o crown_n the_o detain_n of_o the_o king_n child_n under_o their_o governance_n child_n 9_o touch_v the_o king_n child_n the_o order_n of_o their_o education_n and_o their_o future_a marriage_n can_v belong_v unto_o the_o house_n but_o unto_o the_o king_n by_o all_o divine_a and_o human_a law_n and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n neither_o be_v the_o contrary_a anywhere_o practise_v but_o by_o the_o great_a turk_n no_o new_a oath_n can_v be_v impose_v upon_o the_o subject_a but_o by_o the_o warrant_n of_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n oath_n 10_o touch_v impose_v of_o new_a oath_n as_o be_v declare_v by_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n and_o be_v so_o settle_v by_o the_o act_n of_o 3._o car._n and_o have_v be_v so_o declare_v during_o this_o parliament_n by_o the_o two_o house_n upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o new_a canon_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o collection_n of_o their_o own_o order_n pag._n 159.160.908.910_o and_o we_o find_v the_o two_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n the_o first_o in_o 1._o eliz._n the_o second_o in_o 3_o iac._n be_v both_o frame_v and_o enjoin_v to_o be_v take_v in_o and_o by_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n and_o yet_o now_o do_v the_o house_n press_v oath_n upon_o their_o fellow_n subject_n utter_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o other_o legal_a oath_n which_o they_o have_v former_o take_v and_o for_o the_o refusal_n of_o their_o oath_n of_o covenant_n and_o of_o their_o negative_a oath_n in_o express_a term_n to_o abjure_v their_o allegiance_n to_o their_o sovereign_n they_o condemn_v they_o of_o malignancy_n a_o new_a word_n of_o art_n not_o former_o know_v to_o the_o law_n of_o england_n treason_n 11._o concerning_o treason_n it_o be_v define_v by_o the_o act_n of_o the_o 25._o ed._n 3._o cap._n 2._o and_o afterward_o 1_o h._n 4._o and_o 2_o ma._n that_o act_n be_v confirm_v and_o enact_v that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v adjudge_v treason_n but_o what_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 25._o ed._n 3._o or_o shall_v be_v afterwards_o declare_v to_o be_v treason_n by_o parliament_n which_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o can_v be_v without_o the_o king_n royal_a assent_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o h._n 8._o we_o find_v several_a treason_n enact_v to_o be_v so_o by_o parliament_n which_o afterwards_o be_v all_o repeal_v by_o that_o of_o the_o 2_o mar._n and_o again_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n queen_n eliz._n and_o king_n james_n new_a treason_n declare_v by_o new_a act_n of_o parliament_n in_o their_o several_a time_n but_o now_o in_o this_o present_a session_n the_o two_o house_n in_o many_o several_a case_n single_o of_o themselves_o without_o the_o solemnity_n of_o a_o act_n by_o a_o ordinance_n only_o have_v order_v that_o man_n shall_v die_v as_o traitor_n and_o lose_v their_o 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dominion_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o declaration_n i_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o member_n of_o both_o house_n have_v make_v so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o uncontroverted_a and_o confess_v truth_n that_o the_o king_n be_v our_o lawful_a sovereign_n and_o we_o his_o faithful_a subject_n and_o consequent_o the_o power_n ordain_v over_o we_o by_o god_n the_o which_o to_o resist_v by_o s._n paul_n doctrine_n deliver_v in_o plain_a and_o explicit_a term_n be_v to_o procure_v to_o ourselves_o damnation_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o although_o i_o will_v not_o judge_v other_o man_n yet_o i_o dare_v not_o adventure_v my_o soul_n upon_o a_o moot-case_n or_o upon_o distinction_n or_o strain_a interpretation_n against_o that_o which_o appear_v unto_o i_o to_o be_v the_o literal_a and_o clear_a sense_n s._n paul_n declare_v rom._n 14.22_o 23._o that_o he_o that_o doubt_v be_v damn_v the_o meaning_n whereof_o i_o understand_v to_o be_v that_o he_o that_o doubt_v that_o that_o which_o he_o do_v 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